Falkowska came from a set down to beat Noha Akugue 3-6, 7-6, 7-5 in Warsaw, turning the match around after losing the opener and then dropping serve in the first game of the second set. She finished with five breaks, but the bigger factor was her break-point saving, 7 of 13. Noha Akugue won more service points (68 to 66) and more total points (114 to 113), yet Falkowska still found a way through.
Noha Akugue controlled the first set with breaks at 2-4 and 3-5, after Falkowska briefly hit back at 3-4. The match turned in the second set when Falkowska broke at 5-5 and then won the tiebreak. In a deciding set where both players put 100% of first serves in, Falkowska won 19 return points to Noha Akugue's 17 and closed out 7-5.
The standout number was Falkowska's 7/13 break-point saving, against 5/10 for Noha Akugue. That mattered because Falkowska won only 10 service games to Noha Akugue's 11 and trailed 114-113 in total points, making her composure on the biggest points the difference.